BAILIFFS moved onto Tyting Farm in Guildford on Thursday to remove the final squatters from the site some eight-and-a-half weeks after it was first occupied.

Flanked by officers from Surrey Police and borough council officials, the bailiffs arrived at Halfpenny Lane at about 10.30am.

Having told the remaining squatters they had half-an-hour to leave the site, the county court bailiffs physically carried a man off the site just after 11am.

Shortly after, a woman was also taken off of the farm in the arms of a court worker and placed outside the gate at the main entrance.

A total of 11 squatters were removed from the 118-acre borough council farm, which was made the subject of a possession order two weeks ago following a series of hearings at Guildford County Court.

Varying numbers of homeless people and eco-activists had been living there since April 26.

The group swelled to about 50 in size when a festival known as the Beltane Rainbow Gathering was held there at the start of May.

Only a handful of activists stayed on the site after Guilford Borough Council was granted an interim possession order on May 27.

However, the number increased again two weeks ago when more than a dozen squatters were kicked out of 64 Epsom Road in Guildford, where they had lived for more than three months.

Last Thursday, three men living on the farm were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis but were released without charge after being questioned at Farnham police station.

The group had harboured hopes of turning Tyting Farm into a community project where members of the public could grow their own food.

A statement on the Tyting Farm Community website said: "Our vision for the site is to provide an educational facility that focuses on 21st Century agricultural techniques… as well as an environmental centre specialising in sustainable living practices…"

Many of the people previously living at the farm and at 64 Epsom Road have now moved back to London or to another squat in nearby Warwick’s Bench Road.

The building in question is currently the subject of two planning applications for it to be demolished and replaced with a new house.

A Surrey Police spokeswoman said: "Police officers attended Tyting Farm, Halfpenny Lane, Guildford, on Thursday, June 25 to assist the county court bailiffs and Guildford Borough Council with the serving of an eviction notice.

"No arrests were made and the 11 squatters who were on the site were peacefully removed."